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Microsoft Office is a full-fledged suite comprises of different applications, services and servers. The applications that make up Office get updated with the launch of its latest versions. However, the basic application like PowerPoint, Word, Excel and a few more remained same with improvement in the features. Users can purchase any of the Office versions depending upon the specific requirement of their home or business PC. Before purchasing an Office Setup, make sure the following:

Your system meets the required specifications for that particular Office subscription

There is no other Office setup already installed on your PC

After ensuring these two things, you can proceed to download, installation and activation process. The steps for these processes are as follows:

Downloading Office Setup

Microsoft Office can be downloaded Offline and Online. To download, follow the steps mentioned below steps:

Online

Sign in to your Office account at Office.com/setup

You will be asked to enter the product key

Provide that key and hit Enter

However, if you are a new user, then click Create an Account to create a new account

Enter the required details to sign up

Now, from the list of Office subscriptions, select your subscription

Click Download and wait until the process finishes

Offline

Insert the Office CD in the CD/DVD drive of your system

Follow the on-screen instructions to download the product

In the former case, you will get an Office product key that will be asked at the time of activation, on your registered email Id. For Offline purchase, you will get the product key along with the CD. Keep this key secure with you!

Installing Office Setup

For Windows

Double-click the downloaded Office setup available in the Downloads folder

Click Yes on the prompted window

Wait until the installation finishes

Click Close to close the window

For Mac

Once the Office setup downloads to your device, open the blue face shaped-app, Finder from your Mac's Dock

Double-click the Office setup to begin the installation

Click Continue twice

Click Agree followed by Continue

Now, click Install and provide your Mac password

Click Close to close the window

Activating Office Setup

Open any of the Office application and you will see an Office Activation Wizard

Enter the Office Setup product key

Follow the further instructions to activate the Office product

Uninstalling Office Setup

Uninstallation of Office setup depends completely on the type of installation. In case, someone else has installed the Office setup, then you have to follow these steps to know the type of installation. There are two types of installation that are used by the users:

MSI: Microsoft Windows Installer is an old method of installing Office setup through a local installation resource

Click-to-Run: It is the latest method of installing and updating Office over the internet. By default the latest version of Office along with most of the one-time purchase of Office products installed by this method only.

To find out the installation type, do the following:

Open the Office application

Open File -> Account or Office Account

If there is "Update Options" available, it means you have installed the setup using Click-to-Run installation

If the option is not available, then go for MSI type installation

In case of click-to-run, before you remove or uninstall the Office setup, log in your Windows account with your administrator account. Then follow these steps:

In case of MSI type installation, unhide all the hidden folders and files before moving towards the uninstallation of Office setup. Then follow these steps:

Remove any remaining Windows Installer packages of Office

Halt the Office Source Engine Service

Delete Office installation folders and files

Now, remove the registry subkeys for the Office system

Reinstalling Office Setup

There may be times when you have to move your Office setup to another PC. In this case, simply uninstall the Office setup following the aforementioned uninstallation steps and then follow these steps to reinstall on the new device:

Start your new device

Visit office.com/setup to login your Office account

Download your already purchased subscription that you were using on the old PC

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